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Scheme to pay for breast implants goes awry

Betty McMahon Region: Colorado

A young man in Fountain, Colorado hired two men to kill his mother. But it was for a good cause. He felt this was the best way he could get money to pay for his girlfriend's breast implants. Lucky for mom, her son's ins... more

Views: 1330
 

Texas man not guilty in boy's shooting

Betty McMahon Region: Texas

A Texas jury upheld Texas homeowners' rights to protect their property from intruders when on Friday it acquitted Jose Luis Gonzalez, 63, of killing a boy who broke into his home last year. Opponents of the verdict say ... more

Views: 3023
 

Zetas gang members arrested in Mexico Independence Day attack

Betty McMahon Region: Mexico

Three members of the violent Zetas drug cartel gang in Mexico were arrested Thursday, Sept. 25, for their part in grenade attacks on Mexico Independence Day celebrants in the city of Morelia, which killed eight and injured... more

Views: 3011
 

Crusading radio journalist killed in Mexico

Betty McMahon Region: Mexico

Alejandro Zenon Fonseca wanted to do something about organized crime in his town of Villahermosa in the southern state of Tabasco, Mexico. While hanging posters denouncing the criminals on Tuesday, he was shot and killed. ... more

Views: 989
 

Bus crashes into elephant; did I read that right?

Betty McMahon Region: Mexico

I picked up a copy of El Paso's El Diario newspaper in Spanish yesterday and leafed through it, seeing how much I could understand. In the “Juarez” section, a photo of an elephant lying in the road caught my ey... more

Views: 1323
 

Man did not sexually assault comatose wife, court says

Betty McMahon Region: Wisconsin

Three years ago, Portage, Wisconsin police videotaped David W. Johnson, 59, having sex with his wife. Not in his home, but in a nursing home, where his wife was, and continues to be, in a coma. The videotaping stemmed f... more

Views: 1521
 

Family wants daughter named a saint

Betty McMahon Region: Massachusetts

Audrey Santo, a Massachusetts woman who died in April 2007 and who had not walked nor talked since 1987 when she fell into a swimming pool, should be considered for sainthood according to the Little Audrey Santo Foundation... more

Views: 903
 

Hispanic students attack Anglos in Deming NM schools

Betty McMahon Region: United States

Anglo students are being beaten up and harassed by Hispanic students, according to parents in Deming, New Mexico, a town of 15,000 thirty miles north of the Mexican border. It's been going on for years and they want someth... more

Views: 3140
 

Evangelist suspected of child abuse and pornography

Betty McMahon Region: Arkansas

The Tony Alamo 15-acre Christian Ministries compound in Fouke, Ark., was raided by federal officers Saturday, Sept. 20. They were looking for evidence of child abuse and production of pornography. No one has been arrested,... more

Views: 1975
 

Suspects in Mexico Independence Day attack released

Betty McMahon Region: Mexico

Three men detained in northern Zacatecas state as suspects in the Independence Day attack that killed seven and injured more than 100 were not involved, say federal investigators. The search continues for whoever lobbed tw... more

Views: 1049

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Name: Betty McMahon
Member Since: February 2008
Location: NM
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